Public Trust in Social Media Content for Facebook Users in Diyala Governorate

Abstract

     Public trust is one of the most important elements of the news material that is circulated It is a challenge that social media cannot overcome, as it is difficult to verify the sources of its information. Moreover the ease with which photography techniques have been developed to manipulate the content of images and the sounds of film content, which no longer requires high technical skill from news content creators, prompted the researcher to study it, taking Facebook as a model for it  The researcher adopted the survey method in this study because it is suitable for the research topic. The research population was represented by Facebook users in Diyala Governorate. The researcher determined his research sample of 368 from the research population in a random way in order to achieve the research objectives. The researcher scientifically designed a form containing several axes, and the researcher concluded that official pages are the pages that enjoy the most public trust because they are affiliated with governmental bodies and institutions.